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Mechanical Intervention For Maintenance Of Cartilage And Bone, Hui B. Sun, Luis Cardoso, Hiroki Yokota

Publications and Research

Mechanical loading provides indispensible stimuli for growth and development of the articular cartilage and bone. Interestingly, depending on loading conditions loads applied to the joint can be beneficial as well as harmful to skeletal maintenance and remodeling. Moderate loads to the synovial joint, for instance, suppress the expression levels of matrix metallproteinases (MMPs), while loads above a threshold tend to increase their destructive activities. This report focuses on two recently developed loading modalities from animal studies, joint motion and joint loading. Their unique characteristics and potential usages for maintenance of the articular cartilage and stimulation of bone remodeling are reviewed. …

Impact Of The Three Gorges Dam, Ian Reynolds

JCCC Honors Journal

The Three Gorges Dam was built to provide hydroelectric power, flood control, and greater navigation access to the Yangtze River in central China. It is the largest hydroelectric dam in the world and as such is responsible for bringing both unprecedented benefits and risks to the people of the Yangtze River Valley and all of China. In some cases the dam has been the cause of great devastation including the destruction of both the environment and rich cultural heritage of the Yangtze River valley, but it has also spurred a greater concern for the protection and conservation of both the …

Hrs Review, June 2011, Human Resource Services, Boise State University

HRS Review

No abstract provided.

06-28-2011 Swosu Students And Faculty Work On Biomedical Research Projects, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2011

Southwestern Oklahoma State University and two faculty members in Weatherford are recipients of INBRE research mentor grants as a collaborating institution with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Serum Concentration Of Vitamin D In Preeclampsia, Faisal Gh. Al-Rubaye

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Preeclampsia, the de novo occurrence of hypertension and proteinuria after the 20th week of gestation, continues to exert an inordinate toll on mothers and children alike. Vitamin D, on the other hand, has direct influence on molecular pathways proposed to be important in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, yet the vitamin D-preeclampsia relation has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To assess the vitamin D status of preeclamptic women in different gestational period with respect to normal pregnancy. PATIENT AND METHODS: the present study is a cross-sectional case-control study (2008-2009) At Al-Kadhimiya Teaching Hospital. Includes measurement of serum vitamin D3 in …

Uab Grad Jenny Cape Named To Academic All-America Honors, Shannon Thomason

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No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter June 28, 2011, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Vcam-1 Is Another Ugly Face Of Ifn-Γ In Women With Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion, Asmaa Baqer Al-Obaidi, Manal Adnan Habib, Suhad Mohmamad

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The Th-1 cytokines were well implicated in adversely affecting pregnancy and the mechanism by which they cause pregnancy loss was suggested to be mainly vascular by activation of mediators of inflammation like certain adhesion molecules. OBJECTIVE: To study the pathological effect of IFN-γ and VCAM-1 in recurrent pregnancy loss. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included three groups of women; Group A: patients had recurrent abortion (n=24), Group B: patients had spontaneous abortion for the first time (n=10), Group C: women with elective pregnancy termination (n=6). Curate samples obtained from these women were subjected for in situ hybridization technique …

The Detection Of Transcription Factor Nuclear Factor Kappa-B In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma By In Situ Hybridization, Ban Abbas Abdul-Majeed, Muna Salih Merza

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Nuclear factor – kappa B is an important transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in cell biology and the control of apoptosis. The vast majority of studies focused on the regulatory roles of this factor on apoptosis suggest that it is acting on the upstream pathways of apoptosis, either negatively or positively. It has got an important role in the development of oral squamous cell carcinomas. OBJECTIVE: To detect mRNA of nuclear factor- kappa B in oral squamous cell carcinoma by in situ hybridization compared to its presence in foci of dysplasia in premalignant lesions and to …

Changes In Personality And Mood Profile Of Women With Toxoplasmosis, Mohamed A. Hassan, Nibras S. Abdul Aziz, Jawad K. Al-Diwan, Eman Al-Kaseer, Mushtaq T. Hashism

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acquired T. gondii infection of immunocompetent patients may cause central nervous system manifestations (Gullain-Bare syndrome or brain abscess) and may be associated with psychiatric manifestation. Iraq is highly endemic with T. gondii, however, publications on psychiatric manifestation of T. gondii infection are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate psychiatric manjfestations in women with Toxoplasmosis. METHODS: A total of 68 toxoplasma positive pregnant women and 68 toxoplasma negative pregnant women were included in this study. It was conducted for the period of 5th Aug. 2008 to 28th Feb. 2009. ELISA was used to diagnose T. gondii. Questionnaire was used to diagnose …

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Presentation & Management , A Prospective Study In The Medical City Baghdad - Iraq, Wissam Jaffar Altaee

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACK GROUND : The development of HCC is a major global health problem , It's incidence has increased world wide and nowadays it constitute the 5th most frequent cancer representing around 5% of all cancers, and estimated to rank 4th in terms of mortality of cancers incidence world wide , it accounts for 80 –90% of all primary liver tumors . The Etiology of this tumor is multifactorial , certain viral, environmental & hereditary causes of cirrhosis have a strong correlation with HCC . HCC is a highly malignant tumor with poor prognosis . OBJECTIVE: To evaluated the Etiological …

The Clot-Lysis Effect Of Selective Α1-Adrenoceptor Antagonist In Vitro Model Associated With High Peroxynitrite Level, Marwan S.M. Al-Nimer, Ali Ismail A. Al-Gareeb, Hayder M. Al-Kuraishy

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Alpha1-adrenoceptor blocking agents showed several effects beyond their action on the vascular smooth muscles. They improve the lipid profile and inhibit the aggregation of blood platelets. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clot-lysis effect of selective α1-adrenoceptor antagonists and its relation to peroxynitrite level in vitro experimental model. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Venous blood samples obtained from ten healthy subjects. To each pre-weighed clot, 100 μL of either distilled water as a negative control, prazosin (10 μg), terazosin (20 μg) and alfuzosin (25 μg) were added. Peroxynitrite level was measured in sera and sangious fluid that formed after clot-lysis. RESULTS: Prazosin, …

Integration Of Micropore And Nanopore Features With Optofluidic Waveguides For Single Particle Sensing, Matthew R. Holmes

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation outlines the research and development of ground-breaking nanometer sized openings (nanopores) integrated with an on-chip optofluidic platform. This platform represents a significant advancement for single nanoparticle sensing. In this work specifically, the integrated optofluidic platform has been used to electrically and optically filter and detect single nanoparticles using ionic current blockade and fluorescence experiments. The correlation of electrical and optical signal has provided the highest sensitivity single nanoparticle measurements ever taken with integrated optofluidic platforms. The particular optofluidic platform used for this work is an antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW). ARROW hollow and solid core waveguides are interference …

Devices And Methods For Electro-Physical Transport Of Dna Across Cell Membranes, Quentin Theodore Aten

Theses and Dissertations

A novel method for charged macromolecule delivery, called nanoinjection, has been developed at Brigham Young University. Nanoinjection combines micro-fabrication technology, mechanism design, and nano-scale electrical phenomenon to transport exogenous DNA across cell membranes on a nano-featured lance. DNA is electrically accumulated on the lance, precision movements of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) physically insert the lance into cell, and DNA is electrically released from the lance into the cell. Penetration into the cell is achieved through a two-phase, self-reconfiguring metamorphic mechanism. The surface-micromachined, metamorphic nanoinjector mechanism elevates the lance above the fabrication substrate, then translates in-plane at a constant height as the …

Differential Glial Cell Responses In The Dentate Gyrus In Young Adult And Aged Brains Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Christoher Shin

Theses and Dissertations

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects 3 out of every 1000 Americans each year, and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality after trauma, accounting for as many as 56,000 deaths per year (Dutton and McCunn, 2003). The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention found that TBI most commonly occurs in adolescents and young adults aged from 15 to 24 years and in the elderly (75 years and older). Following injury, the secondary injury begins almost immediately after the primary injury and is the result of a number of cascades where once activated, exacerbate the already altered homeostasis of …

Evidence For A Peak Shift In A Humoral Response To Helminths: Age Profiles Of Ige In The Shuar Of Ecuador, The Tsimane Of Bolivia, And The U.S. Nhanes, Aaron D. Blackwell, Michael D. Gurven, Lawrence S. Sugiyama, Felicia C. Madimenos, Melissa A. Liebert, Melanie A. Martin, Hillard Kaplan, J. Josh Snodgrass

ESI Publications

Background: The peak shift model predicts that the age-profile of a pathogen’s prevalence depends upon its transmission rate, peaking earlier in populations with higher transmission and declining as partial immunity is acquired. Helminth infections are associated with increased immunoglobulin E (IgE), which may convey partial immunity and influence the peak shift. Although studies have noted peak shifts in helminths, corresponding peak shifts in total IgE have not been investigated, nor has the age-patterning been carefully examined across populations. We test for differences in the agepatterning of IgE between two South American forager-horticulturalist populations and the United States: the Tsimane …

When Does Combining Markers Improve Classification Performance And What Are Implications For Practice?, Aasthaa Bansal, Margaret Sullivan Pepe

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

When an existing standard marker does not have sufficient classification accuracy on its own, new markers are sought with the goal of yielding a combination with better performance. The primary criterion for selecting new markers is that they have good performance on their own and preferably be uncorrelated with the standard. Most often linear combinations are considered. In this paper we investigate the increment in performance that is possible by combining a novel continuous marker with a moderately performing standard continuous marker under a variety of biologically motivated models for their joint distribution. We find that an uncorrelated continuous marker …

Paradigm And Paradox: Education For All And The Inclusion Of Children With Disabilities In Cambodia, Maya Kalyanpur Phd

School of Leadership and Education Sciences: Faculty Scholarship

In keeping with international guidelines and to meet the target of Education for All (EFA) by 2015, the Cambodian government, with assistance from non‐government and aid organisations, has instituted several initiatives towards including children with disabilities in the educational mainstream. This paper examines these efforts within the context of current socio‐political development and the general educational system in Cambodia, and argues that the cultural traditions of elitism and social hierarchy and the uniquely post‐Khmer Rouge context of severely limited human resources are paradoxical to the value of universal access and quality imbedded in EFA and inclusive education. It concludes that …

Agronomy & Horticulture Newsletter, June 27, 2011, Kathy Schindler

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Monthly Newsletters

East Campus Lighting Replacement Project............1

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lactation Support Program, Chancellor's Policy Memorandum 2009-01 (Revised 3/2/11)............2

A Word From Your Office Professionals............2

Congratulations!............4

Mark Your Calendars............4

2011 Walking Tours Of The Maxwell Arboretum............5

For Your Information............5

Funding Announcements............5

Young Adult Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Questioning (Lgbtq) Non-Fiction Collections And Countywide Anti-Discrimination Policies, Kynita Stringer-Stanback

Urban Library Journal

This study examines news articles and anti-discrimination ordinances that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) communities in the four most populous counties from five Southeastern states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The possible impact of such policies on the collection of non-fiction young adult materials in the public libraries in those counties is explored. The holdings of each county are compared to a list of 23 titles compiled from literary award winners selected from the time period 1996-2003 using the Lambda Literary Foundation Awards, the American Library Association Stonewall Awards, and an American Library Association …

Mcclintock Is Chair-Elect Of Division In Prestigious Biology Society, Jim Bakken

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No abstract provided.

Understory Bird Communities In Amazonian Rainforest Fragments: Species Turnover Through 25 Years Post-Isolation In Recovering Landscapes, Philip C. Stouffer, Erik I. Johnson, Richard O. Bierregaard, Thomas E. Lovejoy

Faculty Publications

Inferences about species loss following habitat conversion are typically drawn from short-term surveys, which cannot reconstruct long-term temporal dynamics of extinction and colonization. A long-term view can be critical, however, to determine the stability of communities within fragments. Likewise, landscape dynamics must be considered, as second growth structure and overall forest cover contribute to processes in fragments. Here we examine bird communities in 11 Amazonian rainforest fragments of 1-100 ha, beginning before the fragments were isolated in the 1980s, and continuing through 2007. Using a method that accounts for imperfect detection, we estimated extinction and colonization based on standardized mist-net …

Biology, Systematics, Phylogenetic Analysis And Dna Character-Based Species Diagnosis Of The False Root-Knot Nematode Nacobbus Aberrans (Thorne, 1935) Thorne & Allen 1944 (Nemata: Pratylenchidae), Angel Ramirez-Suarez

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The False Root-Knot nematode Nacobbus aberrans is a plant parasitic nematode that causes yield losses in several crops and plant protection agencies have established regulations to prevent infestations from spreading to new agricultural areas. The taxonomic status of the nematode has been the subject of controversy due to wide degree of variation exhibited by the species. This variability has led to the suggestion that N. aberrans is actually a species complex rather than a single species. In order to test this hypothesis, we compared twelve N. aberrans populations, which include isolates from western Nebraska, two distinct regions of Mexico and …

Characteristics Of Multiple‐Year Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Conventional Vegetable Fields In Southeastern China, Baoling Mei, Xunhua Zheng, Baohua Xie, Haibo Dong, Zhisheng Yao, Chunyan Liu, Zaixing Zhou, Rui Wang, Jia Deng, Jianguo Zhu

Faculty Publications

The annual and interannual characteristics of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from conventional vegetable fields are poorly understood. We carried out 4 year measurements of N2O fluxes from a conventional vegetable cultivation area in the Yangtze River delta. Under fertilized conditions subject to farming practices, approximately 86% of the annual total N2O release occurred following fertilization events. The direct emission factors (EFd) of the 12 individual vegetable seasons investigated ranged from 0.06 to 14.20%, with a mean of 3.09% and a coefficient of variation (CV) of 142%. The annual EFd varied from 0.59 to 4.98%, with a mean of 2.88% and …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - June 26, 2011, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the June 26, 2011 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter, Watercooler

Contents Include

Class of 2013 Medical Students Receive White Coats at Annual White Coat Ceremony

Dr. Penaskovic Receives Devneil Vaidya Junior Faculty Teaching Award

Dental Implant Seminar Held At College of Medicine

Surgery Chair to Give Free Community Lecture

Effect Of Freshman Chemistry On Student Performance In Sophomore Engineering Courses, Michael A. Collura, Shannon Ciston, Nancy Ortins Savage

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

The role of first year chemistry courses in engineering programs varies somewhat across programs and disciplines. Clearly most engineering majors will encounter chemistry topics of a general nature in some of their upper-level course work. The purpose of requiring chemistry in the first year, however, goes well beyond learning chemical concepts. As a quantitative science, chemistry requires the use of math, principally algebra, on a regular basis in solving various problems. Students should gain an appreciation of the importance of units in solving problems should come to understand the difference between implicit and explicit properties and should develop other quantitative …

A New Model Of Project Based Learning, Ron Ulseth, Jefferey E. Froyd, Thomas A. Lotzinger, Dan Ewert, Bart Johnson

Integrated Engineering Department Publications

A new model for engineering education has been developed and funded. The model is 100% project based learning (PBL) where the students develop their own learning objectives. The projects are authentic needs contributed by collaborating industries. Students monitor the acquisition of 32 technical competencies and all of the design and professionalism competencies required of new practicing engineers. The reasons for the new model, description of the model, research supporting the model, methods for evaluating the model and its transportability are discussed.

The 4+1 Program And Distance Learning Meeting Objectives And Outcomes, Daniel W. Walsh, Lanny Griffin, Robert S. Crockett

Biomedical Engineering

Graduate engineering education is a key to the maintenance of U.S. competitiveness in the world market. The world has been an extremely dynamic engine during the last fifty years, and we have witnessed a dramatic change in the world order. The change has been evolutionary in many cases, but events in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the erstwhile Soviet Union are only slightly less cataclysmic than the Second World War. In a world where strength is measured in terms of the financial resource, the technological ability and the intellectual capability of a populace Japan, China, India and the EEC …

Transcription And Translation Of Human F11r Gene Are Required For An Initial Step Of Atherogenesis Induced By Inflammatory Cytokines, Bani M. Azari, Jonathan D. Marmur, Moro O. Salifu, Yigal H. Ehrlich, Elizabeth Kornecki, Anna Babinska

Publications and Research

Background - The F11 Receptor (F11R; aka JAM-A, JAM-1) is a cell adhesion protein present constitutively on the membrane surface of circulating platelets and within tight junctions of endothelial cells (ECs). Previous reports demonstrated that exposure of ECs to pro-inflammatory cytokines causes insertion of F11R molecules into the luminal surface of ECs, ensuing with homologous interactions between F11R molecules of platelets and ECs, and a resultant adhesion of platelets to the inflamed ECs. The main new finding of the present report is that the first step in this chain of events is the de-novo transcription and translation of F11R molecules, …

Critical Components Of Suicide Prevention Programs For Colleges And Universities: A Delphi Study, Colleen A. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Despite debate over whether or not college student suicide rates are greater or less than similar age groups not enrolled in higher education, the rates of college students experiencing suicide ideation, attempting suicide, and successfully committing suicide are indeed rising. A steady increase in these rates over the last 15 years is evidence that this is an issue of great concern that needs further investigation and action. This study was focused on investigating what college and university counseling center employees with expertise in the development and implementation of suicide prevention programs believe to be critical components of an all-encompassing, workable …